{"id":8087,"date":"2014-09-18T14:18:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T14:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts\/?p=8087"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:13:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:13:26","slug":"spc-music-industryrecording-arts-program-bands-venue-named-best-of-the-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/arts-humanities-design-educational-information\/spc-music-industryrecording-arts-program-bands-venue-named-best-of-the-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"SPC Music Industry\/Recording Arts program, bands, venue named \u2018Best of the Bay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rashad Harrell, emcee for The Real Clash, accepted the award on behalf of his band mates and fellow SPC alumni.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SPC\u2019s Music Industry\/Recording Arts program<\/a> and bands that involve its students, alumni and faculty, were recognized in Creative Loafing magazine\u2019s Best of the Bay 2014<\/i> edition on Thursday, Sept. 18.<\/p>\n

MIRA, SPC\u2019s two-year music industry program, was named Best Musician Incubator. The program, which launched in 2008, is dedicated to giving its students real-world training within a collaborative environment. The music industry program has become a popular workforce program at the college with more than 285 students enrolled in Fall 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very happy and appreciative for several reasons that we received this award from Creative Loafing\u201d said Patrick Hernly, academic chair, MIRA. \u201cIt shows that MIRA is thriving and relevant in the Tampa Bay arts scene, that we have become a known brand, and, most importantly, that our students and graduates are out in the arts scene and working.\u201d<\/p>\n

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St. Petersburg College faculty member Mark Feinman accepts the Best of the Bay Readers\u2019 Poll award for La Lucha.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unlike many other institutions\u2019 theoretical programs, MIRA promotes active learning in a collaborative environment. Students enrolled in the performance, composition and production tracks work together on a daily basis to learn from one another.<\/p>\n

\u201cCredit for this award goes not only to our great faculty for the high quality, hands-on experiential projects that students work on in our program, but to our excellent outreach and career services team for constantly getting our students and graduates out there working in the field,\u201d Hernly said. \u201cOur successful graduates are the best testament to what we\u2019re all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the program\u2019s award, numerous bands and an arts venue that involve MIRA students, alumni and faculty also were recognized, including:<\/p>\n